Examinations Officer - Term Time

Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-5455-293S
• Posted:22/06/2020
• Pay:Kent Range 7, £19,921 to £22,553
• Start Date:September 2020
• App Close Date:06/07/2020 at 10:00
• Interviews:tbc

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The Hayesbrook School is a vibrant non-selective 11 – 18 boys’ Academy, with a mixed sixth form. Our vision is simple - to ensure that all of our students achieve beyond expectations and flourish as confident learners with the highest aspirations, ready for the university or careers of their choice and also ready for the world in which they will work and live. We are relentless in our pursuit of the very best for all our students.

Our wide ability academy serves the communities of Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas, with all students supported and challenged to reach their own personal excellence. For more information visit www.hayesbrook.kent.sch.uk

We are now looking for a talented and dedicated Exams Officer to join our highly effective administration team. This role is critical to our students’ success.

The successful candidate will ensure:

• effective management of internal and external examinations seasons
• accurate administration of all examination entries
• efficient deployment and training of invigilators
• production of examination results in varying formats as befits our key stakeholders

Applicants will need to be confident and enthusiastic about working in a school environment, will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will be proficient in IT and MS Office software with a strong commitment to school improvement.

This term time only position will commence from September 2020. The role is 37 hours per week (plus 2 inset days and 8 days to be worked during school closure periods).  The post holder will be required to work during the two results weeks during August, and flexibility will be required to work outside of the usual working pattern, during the summer examination season.  

We are excited to receive applications from suitably qualified people, new to examinations administration, ready to start a brilliant new career with us just as much as more experienced colleagues looking for their next step.

Staff at The Hayesbrook School enjoy excellent support, creative and high impact  professional development opportunities as well as a two week October half term. The Academy is a 5 minute walk from Tonbridge mainline station with quick rail links to the south coast, London and towns across Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

Information about the school

Core values of integrity, courage and imagination underpin all that we do. We are unrelenting in our mission to teach those that we have the privilege to care for to do the right thing, to make courageous choices and to ignite their curiosity and imagination. Our students will leave the academy with the qualifications and skills to access the very best universities, apprenticeships and careers to which they aspire.

As a local resident and parent, I am personally invested in ensuring Leigh Academy Tonbridge plays an instrumental role in shaping the lives of our young people and the local community. As educators, we are driven by a united purpose: to maximise the future opportunities of every young person that passes through our door. The wellbeing and success of every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

Building on the strengths of our legacy school, Hayesbrook Academy, Leigh Academy Tonbridge will always be an institution that values and nurtures every young person in our care. Our small school model means that every child will be known, cared for and challenged to succeed. As has always been the case at Hayesbrook, we will continue to value the partnerships with our families recognising the critical value of the home-school partnership in ensuring the success of every child.

Leigh Academy Tonbridge is an inspirational community, with high-standards of discipline creating disruption free classrooms and a broad, innovative digital curriculum, underpinned by the principles of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. Our curriculum is knowledge rich, promotes diversity of thought and creates a framework within which students explore, understand and appreciate the power and application of knowledge in real global contexts. Through the implementation of our curriculum students mature into reflective and resilient learners who can work both independently and collaboratively to overcome challenges, are confident critical thinkers and master lifelong learning. We provide all of our students with a Chromebook to develop their digital skills and to enrich their learning in their classrooms and to support their independent study.

Our students flourish, becoming curious, caring and culturally astute young people as they move on to higher education or employment. They leave with a broad skill set and the versatility to embrace the future challenges of the modern world.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Suzanne Hutchings
• Address:Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
• Telephone: 01580 712 754
• Email: careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk